PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & ACTIVITIES
• a graduate of Honours Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Toronto (1970).
• earned M.D. from McMaster Medical School (1973), anaesthesia certificate from University of Toronto (1975) and LL.B. from University of Toronto (1979).
• trained in cosmetic surgery in Australia, New Zealand and the United States (1983-84).
• founded & directed The Center for Hair Transplantation in Toronto (1984-2002).
• founded & directs LIPIDOCTOR™ Medical Slimming Clinics (2003-present).
PUBLICATIONS & APPEARANCES
• published papers in the Legal-Medical Quarterly and the Ontario Medical Review.
• written a book on hair replacement surgery and currently writing a new book about fat reduction.
• guest lecturer at health & cosmetic surgery seminars, including New You Show, Anti-Ageing Show, National Women's Show/
• featured on a number of television and radio programs, including CTV National News, Channel 11, Cable Pulse 24, Toronto 1, The Life Channel, The Health and Beauty Network, CFRB, 740 AM, CHIN. Skin Deep, Cosmetic Innovations and similar cosmetic surgery programs have filmed patient treatment with Infusion Lipolysis™ and Mini-Lipo at the flagship LIPIDOCTOR™ Clinic in Toronto.
Medical research and inventing have always been an integral part of my professional career. I designed and conducted a large-scale, double-blind study on the effect of Minoxidil on hair growth (1985). I have the privilege of being the first medical scientist to clone human hair follicle cells and reinject them into the donors (1987). I discovered a new pathway for drug delivery and sought patent protection worldwide (1998). After developing a transdermal/transmucosal drug delivery system (1998), I created Infusion Lipolysis™ and LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo (1999) as direct practical applications of this technology. Currently I'm conducting R & D into transdermal facial rejuvenation.
Inventing, boating, punning, lugging. What's lugging? Playing blues, jazz & middle eastern music on a novel musical instrument.